Activities
We had a great time at Truck.
When we first arrived and got through the registration process we went straight to the tents. I think for a short while he was quite overwhelmed by so many people being around, but once we'd got to the tents he became fascinated with them and did a lot of going in and out of them.
The tents were pitched right opposite the kids tents (they had a couple this year) - so after quarter of an hour or so we wandered over there. First he played inside the tent for younger children reading some books and playing with plasticine. Then we went outside to the sandpit and he had lots of fun with the sand. We also met another little boy, probably about a year older than Elliott, called Douglas who he was interacting with a bit.
Then we went off to the tent next door where there was a workshop for children to make their own musical instruments. This was a little advanced for him - it involved screwdrivers, etc - but we had fun watching and playing with some random instruments that were being made.
Next Graham and Anthea (Graham's girlfriend) arrived so we went back to the tents to meet up with them. He had some rolls and animal biscuits at this point. He became comfortable around Graham and Anthea really quickly which was brilliant.
After they'd unpacked their stuff and he'd finished eating we all went for a wander around the rest of the festival. One thing we didn't see much of though this year was actual bands, though I did have his headphones with me in case. Unfortunately the timing of our wander meant that every stage we passed seemed to be between sets which was a shame. He did really well with the different sights and vibes overall - though at one point near the main stage did again seem a little overwhelmed with the amount of people (though he was also quite tired by this stage). However after lots of playtime from the 3 of us he was soon back on form and asking to go back to the sand.
So we left and wandered back to the sand pit. On the way we passed a stall with lots of different sized drums where people were randomly drumming and he got really excited by this. He waited quietly for his chance and then grabbed a beater and started hitting lots of different size of drum. The guy running the stall was really encouraging, but ironically I think this made him go a little shy for a bit, before he then got back into some drumming.
After a while we left the drums and went back to the sand pit where we had 10 minutes of so play time before it was time to leave.
To see photos of today visit http://www.flickr.com/photos/elliottsweekends/.
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